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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1919
Page
6
The Boston Public Library showcased Julia Ward Howe’s centennial exhibit featuring poetry and manuscripts by Walt Whitman and a self penned poem to her father. Highlights included Leaves of Grass and a small book of poems written by Howe at age 12 autographed to Samuel Ward Ben.
The Northeastern Department has no ships on its list for debarkation at the port of Boston at the present time. The transport ray, due here, has been diverted to New York, but headquarters says they may receive notice at any time of a transport coming here, usually about three days before arrival.
In Lima on May 27 mobs attacked offices of several large firms with stones as a general strike called by Labor and Socialist committees sparked by demand for cheaper foodstuffs. Troops and gendarmes restored order while shooting occurred in isolated districts and all traffic halted.
The 150 ton fighting crane from Charlestown navy yard will be towed to the New York navy yard to assist with heavy battleship work. The move is urgent and the crane is scheduled to depart in a few days.
Harvard's General Education Board announced plans to raise 1.5 million dollars for the endowment of a Graduate School of Education. The effort follows a 500 thousand dollar appropriation from the Rockefeller Foundation to establish a school to rank with the university’s medicine, law, divinity and engineering schools.
President Lowell confirmed Rockefeller gift and Harvard Corporation approved naming the new endowment fund for President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot. The fund aims to advance education through study, experiment, and leadership training, with a laboratory and school and a skilled research staff.
At Dorchester Court a jailed man sentenced to the State farm tells Court Officer Halligan he fears being late for the first dinner there. The prisoner quips that he wants to dine promptly on his first day, highlighting his apprehension about boarding at the farm.
Washington reports Thornwell Haynes American consul at Helsingfors designated commissioner with rank of minister plenipotentiary to Finland. M Saastamoinen linked with de facto government. formal reception waits for President Wilson’s return. Also mentions a Margaret Cameron feature in forthcoming Boston Sunday Post.
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